In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Upper Arley like this:
ARLEY (Upper), a parish in the district of Kidderminster, and county of Stafford; in the southwestern projection of the county, on the river Severn, and on the Severn Valley railway, at Arley r. station, 4½ miles NNW of Bewdley. It has a post office under Bewdley. Acres, 3,912. Real property, £9,031. ...
Pop., 886. Houses, 158. Arley Hall here is the seat of Viscount Valentia: and there is an ancient camp in the woods of its park. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Lichfield. Value, £255. Patron, Viscount Valentia.* The church is conspicuously situated, and has a fine prospect. Charities, £35.
Upper Arley through time
Upper Arley is now part of Wyre Forest district. Click here for graphs and data of how Wyre Forest has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Upper Arley itself, go to Units and Statistics.
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Upper Arley, in Wyre Forest and Staffordshire | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/7866
Date accessed: 24th April 2024
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